Cabin layout is in two variations-a traditional style coach-house ( standard ) and a raised deck ( flush deck ) versions.
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The " flush deck " configuration proved to have significant drawbacks, primary of which was management of the exhaust from the power plant.
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The Tartan Ten has a flush deck to facilitate deck movement during a race, and this is normally an easy way to identify the boat.
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She was long, but only wide, with four masts, and carried 24 guns on a flush deck, and a crew of 210.
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By mid 20th Century the concept of well deck design in passenger liners was " old fashioned " and newer ships were designed with flush decks.
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This meant knocking down cabin walls and lowering the forecastle to create a flush deck, allowing greater utilization of deck space in engagements and storage of armaments.
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In 1964, Derek Kelsall bought a Lodestar bare hull, completed it with a flush deck, and entered the Observer Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race.
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Barlow described " Heureux " as " the most complete flush deck ship I have ever seen, copper fastened, highly finished and of large dimensions ".
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He was an avid amateur golfer, and enjoyed using his flush deck Chris-Craft yacht, the Bar-L-Rick, for engineering projects and cruising.
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This design was later refined into " Thistle ", which replaced " Eric "'s gaff rig with a bermuda rig, and has a flush deck.
